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Seagate Technology will introduce new internal tape drives for PC and workstation users or entry-level server operators to back up their systems, the Californian company announced here at the CeBIT trade show on Thursday.

What if you could gain access to your company's building and its IT network through the same security system, using your face or a fingerprint to identify yourself both at the doorway and when logging in at your PC?For a simpler and more secure operation, network administrators should join forces with their corporate security departments to create a common identification system, according to a leading supplier of biometric security technology.

Business-software maker SAP AG will support Microsoft Corp.'s .Net platform in its MySAP.com product line, as a further step in its move toward open standards, the Walldorf, Germany-based company announced here Wednesday.

German software vendor SuSE Linux AG will ship SuSE Linux 8.0, its latest version of the open-source Linux operating system, worldwide in the second half of April, spokesman Christian Egle said Friday.

SafeWeb Inc., formerly best known for its free online privacy tool, has completed its transition to a focus on enterprise customers. The company has released its first Secure Extranet Appliance (SEA), called SEA Tsunami, SafeWeb said in a statement.

IBM and German software vendor SuSE Linux AG are expanding their cooperation on the open-source Linux OS (operating system), SuSE said in a statement released in conjunction with the LinuxWorld conference currently under way in New York.

IBM Corp. is joining forces with Sweden's International Business Systems AB (IBS) on supply-chain management (SCM) software, and with Westford, Massachusetts-based MatrixOne Inc. on collaborative product commerce (CPC) software, Big Blue said in separate joint statements with the companies Wednesday. Both agreements are part of IBM's PartnerWorld for Developers program to collaborate with independent software vendors.

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